New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-25
THE DIVER COLTS BEATEN.
HANOVER AND KINGSTON RUN BADLY.

The Brookyn track 10 the most amazing oo"i9' -
sountry ever saw for the reversal OF forn' Wv,
not serm possble to any horse that has dohc "e
elsewhere to try for yard at Brooklyn OH DiNo''
S.oolana ant Favor, Laggard, Exile ana many
mora after winning splendid races on o'her Ha'n'
have made tho most contemplate ana dissraooi' ,"
urcs Owners may yet take disilho " '"0 P'
,,oh soems undcr an evil spell, when 1t appears I'LL
possbIe for good horses TO run up 10 thcr io'"
Everybody knows that Kingston, when ht Is o"o VI '0
fastest horses in tho United States al inho a. no
was not fit Yesterday what right did his Owners ha'o
a. ,.r, him, Starring unfit horses Is wrong to inc
,uh,c No we'll rs 10 the horses. And this stable mas
certainly had experience enough to know "ne" i
horses arc ft Kingston was great 1a'o,",' .,o
Eoan won with astonishing case In the wro''"' ,,
of "A "a and the dcspiscd Pasha got INC pa
Jauchlin did all he could with Kne'toh' us''7 -, g.,
at the fnrlone post, but the colt had io nv W ,,,,
MIN and did not respond at all. The uach was ~
md sticky IN the backstretch, but dusty on inc o''
stretch There were conflicting stories In inc oo''"o
,sn, - IN whether Kingston was backed Dy Ms o""0
%. ma, However, this may have BEEN inc con- "+'
,, = Ghost of his former self and was As dehOcia'o "
H. nrocrcss az the shade OF Hamiets papa
rho day was raw and dark and cold fho'S'' ""ip
"o u' T., tho air Halthoidsy leisure brought
come thousands OF spectators to the trsch W, ~
ro NOT q bappy crowd. Gloom and misery so''i'i VI"
., conf, as they eazed upon the disgracefui uoio" "a
tho two famous Dwyer colts, Hanover anu NH .,
Hanover was even a stronger raVori'o ioi ''N -,
,ace than was Kingston for the first. III ""' o
that tho Dwycrs put up $1,000 ON him 10 WI" 800 NV
,u, some OF the betting commissioners donD'co '"s'
and said that tho Dwyer money was Oh iaNot
10 In either case tho Brooklyn brothers los' eN'iS
-, which they rlsked. Hanover ran fairly ior
mile: indeed, he was first for most ol ,n"' W, n,
I'm, when Volante, Favor and Eh"oou | 49,.
NJ the head of the hOmestretch, nc was q"''iN'
Of It, lie was 50 conpic''H
90 ahiectly unable 10 take part ~
nght,nc finish as to make it plain thai DC VIII O9 -
80 h,r,ber value this year a. racehorao 10 sco MN
,nalo so sorry a show of himself after his lohe i'S
was truly pitiful Like Kingston he Was o"S
Tn 1sgs turfInen may have again the p'easuio "a w
inc upon the invlncibe champion Of May june a,'u
1ul,, es7. hut Hanover ought now 10 NC i'u y" W.
III, Cor ,bis year Such as that oil yesterday
dcrrades him to the rank of selling plat@' Ano1HI.
horse that has Sunk from h'gh posiuoh " "'0 81
of sci ingracer IS Favor. All his races 'hS "on.
have been 50 far below his lest form a. 10 pi0>T
he "a slipping down Hill with appalling rapidly. raw
and Verona would make wei matched uouoio 'o1'
now Neither of them outrun the side oi ho"'o
which is firmly anchored ,.,h
yolaptc won the First special clcyery enough WIN
F1kwool second. cynical people conh not hcP "
calling his last race at Saecrshcad Bay Wheh h0 va"
second to Lelex. Is Lclex the Champion rdoeno'0 %
the American tulfI ,,,.dor
Fsqnimau in,olclable race Oh 80.
he,nr beaten badly both by llageOletta ana i"'0'
md showing no speed in the homestretch. 30 1t wa,
ouite I'm the Order of things, in the condition 10 ".
racing has sunk al present. that he shOuIu Do ii" Wv
tavorite in the second race and should win wen III
hand Ben Ali was heavily backed both by the s'aoio
and the general public He got of first ana leu ior
n quarter mile, Mclaughlin keeping SUN pun On III"
and not allowing him to rush away nom inc o'"..o'
as the colt desired The result was that when NC
Iauc,,in called IN Zen Ali in the hOmestretch the
rogue suLel refused and was third only at INC
finish. Ben All, in temper, speed ana NcIousno,''
Is almost an exact match for Eurus Like EoHuS' no
will win good races day, but his friends VIII all
he in the puorhouse before then. Porter Ashes ro
cent purchase. safe Ban, got second place PM lee
usually al his case on heavy track, ran about the
worst possible.
r. A. uargin said aft the race that he intended 10
have specialist examine Ben AIS head shre"d oO-
servers long ago suspected that the colt is in
zane Mclaughlin said that whenever he
came to stretch Of mud, Ben Ali slipped, SPRAYED
and lost ground But 1t perfectly clear that the
colt would not try at all I'm the hOmestretch
Mclaughlin was in the worst possible luck during
the afternoon. lie rode Kingston, Ben All. bause
Hanover, Fordham and Fcrona. Kingston came ID
third Not one of the others was first, second or
third Six such results as these staggered the anhH
ers of Americas leading jockey y report got ahoat
tha, he drunk Mr.. Hummcl, his legal adviser
denounced this I'm the strongest terms lie
has known Mclaughlin intimately for many years
and declares that the famous Jockey never drinha
anything tronger than ginger ale This is the unan-
nous testimony Of all McLaughlins friends. " Uncle
BIZ DAILY who taught Mclaughlin how t. ride, was
90 ind enant the lie circulated about his faNoHe
that he came up to the s-sand and desired the
newspaper, to axe 1t known that he was willing to
pay $500 to any who could prove that MclAuGh
lin had been drunk a, any time in seven years And
"Unce Bill fourished FIVE one hundred dollar bills
In his ample and toll laidcned hst.
II Is beyond doubt hat Mclaughlin leads sober
life Drink has nothing to do with bis present troubles
but he is deeply worried the breahingup Of his
homo and the shadow that has fallen upon him since
he partcd with hi wife and children. lis health IS
not now good. Iii. eyes louh like those Of a sick
Fortune fowns on bin. His rivals are lucker
IN these days, and get better mounts than he on horses
that stalls. But no one OF these rivals APP
prOaches in genuine skill the American Archer The
most conceited bracgaIt amons them Is far below
Mclaughlin in the qualities that make champion
Jockey as the so-calod racing at the uptown tomb
formerly known as the dump" wa, below the level
Of true sport at Ascot or Goodwood.
Mr.. Baldwin coud have won the Laurel stakes easily
enough, but that the dirty old trick attempted Of
not trying with the better horse Of stable pair, in
order to let his companion win. The stable desired to
win with Los Angeles and backed her. At the fusong
post Emperor of Norfolk came right away from the
crowd in the middle of the track without Murphy urg
ing him at all. II he had gone with the Emperor
Lo could not have lost the race. But Los Angeles
shot up close To the inner rails and Murphy, suppo,ng
that the illy held the safe. made no effort with
the Emperor Los Angeles lea for hundred yards
and then Joined by George Oyster Murphy, CON
fdcnt that the FLY would beat the colt, stll
statue, posing for the admiration Of the gallery. six
Strides from the end he walked up u find that George
Oyster beating Los Angelo. and set at work.
The Emperor gained George Oyster, but the effort
had been delayed too long and George oyster by
neck, Los Angeles second. length before Belinda
Bad fourth.
Racing Kermit pulling o. a To n
stable companion win, but IL Is disgrace to the turf
that they doa dscrcdt and dshOnor to the stable that
practises nasty trick and the who is guilty
Of is not fiji TO associate with gentlemen. There
some glazing abuses the turf thIt tend lower II
TO the level of fsro-bank or keno game, and this
Is one O. them. II is TO the credit Oi the Dryers Mr.
wther- and some other well-knOwn that they
never resort 10 this diSgaccul device to mslead the